Senior Commercial Finance Manager

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Senior Commercial Manager

Location: London, England, United Kingdom (Remote)

About the role:

Working in partnership with our client, the Senior Commercial Finance Manager and the commercial team will handle all costing and pricing efforts for large or complex deals. This work will involve liaising with business delivery, sales, finance, legal, and implementation teams to ensure that all deals are costed correctly, priced appropriately, contracted properly, and handed over effectively.

What you will be doing:

• Understanding and commercial challenge of delivery approaches
• Detailed analysis of delivery costs
• Commercial pricing proposal guidance
• Contractual wording review
• Work closely with the finance team to understand and align on the P&Ls of new clients
• Support the handover of new opportunities to operations and finance teams
• Creation and update of pricing models, including P&Ls and Cashflows (excel)
• Senior level presentation of opportunities
• Client meetings and negotiations
• Managing pitch teams to ensure all the right information is available at the right time
• You will be open and willing to attend sustainability training relevant to your role and soak up recommended research and reading about sustainability issues
  
  
  

What you need to be great in this role:

• 5+ years of finance / commercial experience
• Demonstratable experience in commercial pricing
• Experience of contracts review
• Understanding and challenge of complex information and recommunication in simple to understand ways
• Commercial savvy
• Finds solutions to complex problems
• Advanced excel modelling skills
• Industry experience is an advantage but not essential.
• The ability to instill confidence in the senior leadership
• Excellent inter-personal skills with ability to form strong working relationships
• Clear and concise communicator, to all levels of stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player
• Someone who seeks solutions rather than just reporting problems. 
• Pro-active self-starter.
• Ability to work accurately with attention to detail
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Client-side or advertising agency experience
• Entrepreneurial business mind with a finance / commercial skillset
• Strategic thinker
• Flexible and adaptable with proven ability to be successful in a fast-moving ever-changing environment.
• You can be the change - you prioritise environmental responsibility, social equity, and economic viability and how that translates into your day-to-day role
  
  
  

Req ID: 10928

Our values shape everything we do:

Be Ambitious to succeed 

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible 

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work 

Be always learning and listening to understand 

Be Results-focused  to exceed expectations 

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations 

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws. 

 OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.